This is an oral communication activity appropriate
for EFL learners in elementary/primary school. (It's optimal for grades 3-6).
This game is designed for practicing "shopping" dialogues and
vocabulary.
Materials: "produce" and play money.
Object of Game:
To accumulate as many products as possible.
Students are divided into clerks and shoppers.
The clerks set up "stands" to allow
easy access for all shoppers (e.g. around the outsides of the room with
their backs to the wall).
The shoppers are given a set amount of money*
(e.g. dollars, euros, pounds, etc.) and begin at a stand where there is an
open space.
Students shop, trying to accumulate as many
items as possible (each item is 1 unit of currency).
Periodically, the instructor will say
"stop" (a bell or other device may be needed to attract
attention in some cultural and classroom contexts) and call out a name of
one of the products. Students with that product must then put ALL their
products in a basket at the front of the room. The remaining students continue
shopping. Students who had to dump their products must begin again from
scratch (with fewer units of currency).
The student with the most products at the end
wins.
Students then switch roles.
*It is recommended giving students as much money as
possible since students who run out can no longer participate.
Alternative play for more advanced students: Clerks set the price
of items. Shoppers have the option of negotiating the price. There are two
winners in this version: The shopper who accumulates the most products and the
clerk who makes the most money.
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